James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1887

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1886. 8 9 (1) Lancashirev. Notts. Nottingham, June 3 and 4. Thefirst matchbetween the two counties since 1883. Unfortunately Lan- cashire was only poorly represented , and in addition its eleven had all the worst of the wicket. Though Messrs . Hornby, Haigh, and Lancashire , as well as Barlow , Briggs , Watson , and Pilling , were in the team , the Lancastrians madea very poor show with the bat, and in fact Barlow's first score of eighteen w a sthe only double figure in the two innings . Flowers and Walter Wright bowledindeedwith extraordinary success , andthe twentywickets of Lancashire altogether only realised anaggregate of 86 from the bat. Notts , whowent in first , scored 149 for half their wickets , but the tail did very little , and the innings closed for an addition of only 24 runs . Thebowling figures of Walter Wright, Flowers , and Barlow will repay perusal . It is said that the Yorkshiremen are the only other team that have dismissed Lancashire twice for under fifty runs in a county match . Notts wonby an innings and 83 runs . Notts , 173. Lancashire , 42 and 4 8; total, 90. Wright(Notts) F l o w e r s Barlow(Lancashire ). Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 45.3 2 3 4 5 1 0 2 1 . 8 1 2 2 3 7 62.1 3 9 6 0 6 (2) Lancashirev. Surrey. Oval, June 7 and 8. Lancashire was again only moderately represented , and Surrey had aneasy victory . Though the ground was in excellent condition for run-getting the scoring was considerably below the average , and only 403 runs were totalled for 32 wickets an average of just over 12 runs. Lohmannbowled with great success for Surrey on a batsman's wicket , and his analysis of 66 overs for 98 runs and13wickets was a fine performanceunder the circumstances. Mr.W .W . Readwas the mainstay of the Surrey eleven in the first innings , with 62 out of 137 from the bat, and Mr. Roller , whogot 32 not out of the 52 madefor the loss of onewicket , in the second . Mr. H. B. Steel (15 and 34) alone got double figures each time for Lancashire . Apromising first appearance was madefor the latter byMr. P. Dobell , of Huyton, whoshowed good steady cricket for his second score of 15. Surrey wonby nine wickets . Surrey, 150 and 52 (one wicket) ; total , 202. Lancashire, 92 and109; total , 201. (3) Lancashirev. Sussex. Manchester , June 24 and 25. TheLancashire eleven hadthe gamein their hands completely after the first few overs . Though Sussex wonthe toss their display was avery poor one, and their innings only lasted a little over an hour. Altogether their batting was hardly up to mediocrity , for the aggregate of their two innings was only 158 fromthebat-an average of undereight runs . Lancashire included in its teamtwo newplayers , Mr. J. Eccles , of Preston , and Bennett Hudson, a professional who played for Yorkshire once, in 1880. Both, too , wereof great service with thebat. Mr. Eccles got 46 in capital style , and Hudson, though he was missed several times , hit with great vigour for his 96. Thelatter with Briggs added 111 runs forthethird wicket. T h ebestfeatureof theLancashirecricket w a sBarlow's bowling in the second innings of Sussex . Hetook nine of the ten wickets in 42 overs andone ball at a cost of only 39 runs. Lancashire wonby an innings and 144 runs . Lancashire , 315. Sussex, 50 and 121 ; total , 171 . Mr. Teggin (1st inns . Sussex) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O v e r s. M a i d e n s. 21.2 11 R u n s. 2 0 W i c k e t s. 5